The jury in the Orville Fleming murder trial is now deliberating the fate of the former Cal Fire battalion chief.

The jury in the Orville Fleming murder trial is now deliberating the fate of the former Cal Fire battalion chief.

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Updated: 6:44 PM PDT Jun 22, 2015

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WEBVTT KCRA INVESTIGATES TONIGHT AT 6:00. GULSTAN: ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE MURDER TRIALS IN CALIFORNIA IS IN THE HANDS OF A JURY. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A PROSTITUTE TURNED GIRLFRIEND. DAVID BIENICK WAS IN COURT TODAY. DAVID: GOOD AFTERNOON. BOTH SIDES DID AGREE ON ONE THING -- THAT HE DID INDEED STAB AND STRANGLE HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHAT THEY DON'T AGREE ON IS WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND, AND THEN CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING HOW LONG HE SPENDS BEHIND BARS. MOW FLEMING STARED STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH THE DAY, AS HIS PROSECUTOR DESCRIBED HIM AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE LEARNING TO HELP PEOPLE. HE TOOK ALL HIS SKILLS AND HE TURNED THEM INTO SOMETHING GREAT. DAVID: THIS GIRLFRIEND NEVER HAD A CHANCE AS HE STABBED AND STRANGLED HER LAST MAY DURING AN ARGUMENT. HE WALKED TO 25 FEET FROM THE BEDROOM TO THE KITCHEN, GOT A KNIFE, AND WALKED 25 FEET BACK. HE SAYS THAT SHOWS PREMEDITATION, AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. EVERY STEP YOU TAKE YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. EVERY STEP HE TAKES, HE CAN GET ON THIS TRAIN. DAVID: THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY CONCEDES THAT A CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED. NOBODY IS GETTING AWAY WITH ANYTHING. DAVID: BUT HE SAID HE ACTED AND HEAT OF PASSION AND WAS PROVOKED BY DOUGLAS REPEATEDLY INSULTING HIM. THOSE WORDS WERE SAID TO HIM, TO PROVOKE, THEY DID PROVOKE, THEY WOULD PROVOKE ANY OF YOU. DAVID: HE SHOWED THE JURY PICTURES OF THE BLOODY, MESSY CRIME SCENE, AND SAYS THEY PROVE THAT IT WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND THEREFORE MANSLAUGHTER, NOT MURDER. IF YOU ARE COOL CALCULATED, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU STAB HER 14 TIMES, OR DO YOU SLIT HER THROAT? THE REASON HE DIDN'T SLIT HER THROAT THAT NIGHT IS BECAUSE THE KNIFE WAS TOO DULL. IT WAS TOO DULL BECAUSE HE HAD STABBED HER SO MANY TIMES. DAVID: IF HE IS CONVICTED OF MURDER, THAT WOULD LIKELY CARRY A SENTENCE OF 25 YEARS TO LIFE. THAT HIS CONVICTION IS MANSLAUGHTER -- IN HIS CONVICTION IS MANSLAUGHTER IT WILL BE BETWEEN THREE AND 11 YEARS.

Jury continues deliberations in Orville Fleming trial

The jury in the Orville Fleming murder trial is now deliberating the fate of the former Cal Fire battalion chief.